Jeremiah 41:5

Jeremiah 41:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria, bringing grain offerings and incense with them to the house of the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and Samaria, with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and their bodies gashed, bringing grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that certain men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the Lord.

Context of Jeremiah 41:5

3Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were [at the banquet] with Gedaliah at Mizpah, in addition to the Chaldean soldiers who were there. 4Now it happened on the second day after the killing of Gedaliah, before anyone knew about it, that eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria with their beards shaved off and their clothes torn and their bodies cut, carrying in their hands grain offerings and incense to present at the [site of the] house of the Lord [in Jerusalem]. 6Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping [false tears] as he went. As he met them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!” 7Yet when they came into the city, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the men who were with him slaughtered them and threw them into the cistern (underground water reservoir).

Jeremiah 41:5 word by word

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ אֲ֠נָשִׁים מִשְּׁכֶ֞ם מִשִּׁל֤וֹ וּמִשֹּֽׁמְרוֹן֙ שְׁמֹנִ֣ים אִ֔ישׁ מְגֻלְּחֵ֥י זָקָ֛ן וּקְרֻעֵ֥י בְגָדִ֖ים וּמִתְגֹּֽדְדִ֑ים וּמִנְחָ֤ה וּלְבוֹנָה֙ בְּיָדָ֔ם לְהָבִ֖יא בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That there cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• certainאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• from Shechemשְׁכֶםshekem · ShechemH7927
• from Shilohשִׁלוֹshîylôh shilôh shîylô shilô · ShilohH7887
• and from Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshômerôn · SamariaH8111
• fourscoreשְׁמֹנִיםshemônîym shemônîym · eightyH8084
• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• having their beardsזָקָןzâqân · beardH2206
• shavenגָּלַחgâlach · to shaveH1548
• and their clothesבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• rentקָרַעqâra‛ · to tearH7167
• and having cutגָּדַדgâdad · to cutH1413
• themselves, with offeringsמִנְחָהminchâh · offeringH4503
• and incenseלְבֹנָהlebônâh lebônâh · frankincenseH3828
• in their handיָדyâd · hand: themselvesH3027
• to bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• to the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Jeremiah 41:5

• 2 Kings 10:13Jehu met the relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and said, “Who are you?” They answered, “We are the relatives of Ahaziah; and we came down to greet the royal princes and the sons of the queen mother [Jezebel].”
• Genesis 33:18When Jacob came from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely and in peace at the city of Shechem, in the land of Canaan, and camped in front of the [walled] city.
• Genesis 34:2When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince (sheik) of the land, saw her, he kidnapped her and lay [intimately] with her by force [humbling and offending her].
• Joshua 24:32Now they buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up from Egypt, at Shechem, in the plot of land which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money; and it became the inheritance of the sons of Joseph.
• Judges 9:1Now Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal (Gideon) went to Shechem to his mother’s relatives, and said to them and to the whole clan of the household of his mother’s father,
• 1 Kings 12:1Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
• Jeremiah 7:12“But go now to My place which was in Shiloh [in Ephraim], where I first set My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
• Joshua 18:1Then the whole congregation of the Israelites assembled at Shiloh [in the tribal territory of Ephraim], and set up the Tent of Meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.
• 1 Kings 16:24Omri bought the hill Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, and he built a city on the hill [and fortified it], and named the city which he built Samaria, after the owner of the hill, Shemer.
• Leviticus 19:27You shall not trim and round off the side-growth of [the hair on] your heads, nor mar the edges of your beard.
• Deuteronomy 14:1“You are the sons of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead,
• 2 Samuel 10:4So Hanun took David’s servants and shaved off half their beards, and cut off their robes in the middle as far as their hips, and sent them away.
• Isaiah 15:2They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba; Everyone’s head is shaved, and every beard is cut off [in mourning].
• 1 Samuel 1:7So it happened year after year, whenever she went up to the house of the Lord, Peninnah provoked her; so she wept and would not eat.
• 2 Kings 25:9He burned the house (temple) of the Lord, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.
• Psalms 102:14For Your servants find [melancholy] pleasure in the stones [of her ruins] And feel pity for her dust.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 41:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Having their beards shaven - All these were signs of deep mourning, probably on account of the destruction of the city.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5These three towns all lay in the tribe of Ephraim, and in the district planted by Salmaneser with Cuthites; but through the fact of these men having cut themselves (see Jeremiah 16:6 note), is suspicious, yet they were probably pious Israelites, going up to Jerusalem, carrying the meat offering usual at the feast of tabernacles, of which this was the season, and mourning over the destruction, not of the city, but of the temple, to the repairs of which we…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5The murderers kept their crime secret until the next day. Men from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, located to the north, arrived as they traveled south to the ruins of Jerusalem. Their appearance and the offerings they carried showed they were seeking mercy from the Lord (Leviticus 2:1; 14:2–9). The annual Festival of Shelters took place at this time of year at the Temple (Leviticus 23:33–36), and the eighty worshipers were likely unarmed.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. beards shaven, &c.--indicating their deep sorrow at the destruction of the temple and city. cut themselves--a heathen custom, forbidden (Le 19:27, 28; De 14:1). These men were mostly from Samaria, where the ten tribes, previous to their deportation, had fallen into heathen practices. offerings--unbloody. They do not bring sacrificial victims, but "incense," &c., to testify their piety. house of ... Lord--that is, the place where the house of the Lord…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 41:5

• Ahikam
• Church
• Gedaliah
• Homicide
• Idolatry
• Incense
• Ishmael
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Mizpah
• Mourning
• Rending
• Shechem
• Shiloh

In the dictionaries

• Samaria
• Shechem
• Shiloh
• Samaria, Samaritan
• Along
• Beard
• Cutting
• Jerusalem
• Kings, The Books of
• Treasure

Commentaries on Jeremiah 41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings